Pratt Engineering & Machine Co. v. Cecelia Sugar Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Action by the Pratt Engineering & Machine Company against the Cecelia Sugar Company. Jules Godchaux, receiver for defendant, intervened. Judgment for plaintiff, and an order for a suspensive appeal was denied, and the receiver applies for writs of mandamus and prohibition.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
The Pratt Engineering & Machine Company instituted suit in the civil district court of the parish of Orleans against the Cecelia Sugar Company, to recover §i2,395, representing the balance of the purchase price of certain sugar-house machinery, and prayed for the recognition and enforcement of its vendor’s lien and privilege on the said property, and also for a writ of sequestration. Under said writ, the macinery sold was seized by the sheriff of the parish of St. Martin, and still remains sequestered in his hands. Pending this suit, Jules Godchaux was appointed receiver for the sugar company…
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